ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,749, issued on May 27, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Wurzburg (Germany).

"Cooling device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Nils Springer (Oldenburg, Germany) and Thomas Dreesen (Oldenburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling device for cooling an electrically driven or driveable motor vehicle, having a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, having an air-guiding channel which connects the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger and which has two diametrically oppositely situated passage openings which are reversibly closable by means of a first air guide and by means of a second...